summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffhomepage
path: root/src/gc.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/gc.c')
-rw-r--r--src/gc.c13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index 8ff1ecc10..0a93993a2 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@
== Write Barrier
- mruby implementer and C extension library writer must write a write
- barrier when writing a pointer to an object on object's field.
- Two different write barrier are available:
+ mruby implementer and C extension library writer must insert a write
+ barrier when updating a reference from a field of an object.
+ When updating a reference from a field of object A to object B,
+ two different types of write barrier are available:
- * mrb_field_write_barrier
- * mrb_write_barrier
+ * mrb_field_write_barrier - target B object for a mark.
+ * mrb_write_barrier - target A object for a mark.
== Generational Mode
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ gc_protect(mrb_state *mrb, struct RBasic *p)
MRB_API void
mrb_gc_protect(mrb_state *mrb, mrb_value obj)
{
- if (mrb_special_const_p(obj)) return;
+ if (mrb_immediate_p(obj)) return;
gc_protect(mrb, mrb_basic_ptr(obj));
}